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Hydro rebound will curb fossil fuels
News, Published on 11/07/2024
» Global hydroelectric generation slumped to a five-year low last year as a result of lower-than-average rainfall across China, North America and India, contributing to record fossil fuel combustion and emissions in 2023.
China envoy: Phasing out fossil fuels unrealistic
Reuters, Published on 22/09/2023
» SINGAPORE - The complete phasing-out of fossil fuels is not realistic, China's top climate official said, adding that these climate-warming fuels must continue to play a vital role in maintaining global energy security.
No rationale left not to abandon fossil fuels
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 01/09/2018
» It has become clear to many that the global trend of renewable energy development, particularly solar energy, is unstoppable.
Energy-hungry AI to prop up fossil fuels
Published on 15/04/2025
» The world likely hit peak energy-related emissions in 2024. But the decline in the coming decade will be slowed due in large part to data centre expansion powered by fossil fuels, according to a report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).
Fossil fuels? Plastic? Trump says more is better
AFP, Published on 14/08/2019
» MONACA, United States: President Donald Trump has seen the future and it is oil. And plastic.
Davos financiers pump $1.4tn into fossil fuels: Greenpeace
AFP, Published on 21/01/2020
» PARIS: Some of the world's biggest banks, insurers and pension funds have collectively invested $1.4 trillion in fossil fuel companies since the Paris climate deal, Greenpeace said Tuesday at the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
No rationale left not to abandon fossil fuels
Published on 16/05/2018
» แผงโซล่าเซลล์ติดตั้งในพื้นที่อำเภอธารโต จังหวัดยะลา ระหว่างการพาสื่อมวลชนลงพื้นที่อำเภอเบตง จังหวัดยะลา ของ กอ.รมน.Solar panels at a village in Than To district, Yala province. A framework for private solarpanel owners to sell surplus power to the state is taking shape. PATIPAT JANTHONGPublished caption : Solar panels at a village in Than To district, Yala province. A framework for private solar panel owners to sell surplus power to the state is taking shape.
16th century energy revolution can help fossil fuels exit
News, Published on 13/03/2021
» As we contemplate the problems of fossil fuels and climate change, we might look to the 16th and 17th centuries, when people broke free from dependence on our original energy source -- wood--and started burning our first fossil fuel -- coal -- instead.
Early extinction of fossil fuels a risk in itself
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 20/12/2021
» The "new normal", said International Energy Agency spokesperson Heymi Bahar last May, may be a far faster expansion of renewable energy than expected, driven mainly by market forces. So fast, in fact, that it raises a different kind of risk (but he didn't mention that).
The need to address fossil fuels beyond the ICJ
News, Published on 06/09/2025
» In July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a landmark Advisory Opinion: states may be violating international law by facilitating fossil fuel consumption, subsidising production, and issuing permits that enable expansion of extraction and use.